May 06, 2012 Military Aviation News
05/06/2012
No one can say the Air Force didn’t get its money’s worth out of an aircraft with the tail number 61-2358. The “61” in that number is the year the plane was built. In a ceremony at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., on Tuesday, Air Force officials said goodbye to the little aircraft that could.
After more than 50 years of service, the plane was the last C-130E to be retired, according to a release. Retired planes ordinarily go to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, more commonly called “the boneyar
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05/06/2012
The news that the US is basing Raptors also known as F-22 A stealth combat aircraft at Al Dafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates is being roundly condemned by Iran as yet another provocative and indication of war. "We consider such (military) presence in the region as to be useless and harmful and more aimed at creating a psychological ploy and an insecure atmosphere in the region," Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi said. "We don't see it useful”, he added.
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05/06/2012
Russia is planning a new aerospace university to produce a new generation of professionals for the aviation and space industries, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Saturday. "We have plans connected with the creation of a modern aerospace university, where we will produce a broad range of specialists, for aviation, and also the rocket and space industries," he said during a visit to the Khrunichev rocket factory north of Moscow.
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05/06/2012
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] delivered another C-130J Super Hercules to Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, today. This aircraft was the 19th of 28 C-130Js being delivered to Dyess. Maj. Gen. Scott M. Hanson, commander, Carl A. Spaatz Center for Officer Education, and commandant, Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., accepted delivery of the aircraft and flew it to Dyess.
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05/06/2012
Russian Helicopters has delivered to the Emergency Situations Ministry (EMERCOM) of the Republic of Kazakhstan two modified coaxial Ka-32A11BC rescue helicopters. The delivery of the Ka-32A11BC helicopters marks the quick and successful execution of a contract signed on 15 August 2011.
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